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OPTION 28: MANAGEMENT OF GRASS MARGINS AND BEETLEBANKS IN ARABLE FIELDS

Income foregone:

Gross Margin

£

per ha

Winter Wheat

£434.00

per ha

Winter Barley

£385.00

Spring Barley

£282.00

Gross Margin average:

367.00

Interest on tenant's capital

25.15

100% loss of income:

341.85

Additional costs:

Sowing of Grass seed:

164.60

Grass margin sown up to 3 times in 5 years

98.76

Management activities on GM/ BB:

36.13

Total:

476.74

per ha

Overall cost:

476.74

per ha

*Average Tenant's Capital for Farm Types: Scotland General Cropping Farms & Cereal Farms

£399.25

Sowing Costs

Creating sterile seed bed

£ 13.60

per ha

Seed (permanent grass)

90.00

Fertiliser

61.00

164.60

per ha

Management Activities

Topping

24.70

per ha

Control scrub development

£ 8.64

Creation of sterile strip by rotavation

2.79

36.13

per ha

Contractors rates used are maximum rates to allow for currently high diesel costs not included in published rates.

Scrub control

Spraying

£ 13.60

per ha

Herbicide

£ 8.00

£ 21.60

per ha

2x per 5 yrs

£ 43.20

per annum

£ 8.64

per ha

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